i woke up this morning and was ready to go to the north shore to watch the pipe masters. then i passed by my chickens that just started to lay eggs.

i keep them under my house and there are no place for them to lay eggs.

so i look for some scrap wood, and start to get creative.

i remember having so much time before building things around my house. it’s fun doing the the math, trying to be creative, and then finishing something. i miss this free time and i’m glad i stayed home and took care of my chickens. the cool thing is that the pipeline masters was going on live from my computer all day so i didn’t miss anything.

it’s a pretty small place under my deck. perfect for the chickens but too small for me.

now my chickens have a place to lay some eggs. pepper was the first and now i’m just waiting for peanut and butter. then i’ll have 3 eggs/day so i will never have to buy eggs again.

last night i went to explore around my house. heard about a new nabe/shabushabu restaurant called Asuka so i tried it. if i didn’t eat at Imanas the night before, it would have been ok. but since i ate the best nabe in hawaii at Imanas, i was a little disappointed at Asuka. the people who like this place have no idea how good the nabe and shabushabu at Imanas is.

takami-san sent me the forecast for tohoku next week. OMG. it’s going to be cold!!!!

9 hours later?

had a great time surfing with Kiyotou-san from shikoku. a really good surfer that came to hawaii for the marathon and surf session. good luck in the marathon today and hope you still can surf tomorrow because we’re going to challenge the north shore!!!! see you tomorrow morning.

when ever i go to eat at Imanas tei, i usually go for the nabe. i totally forgot how good the sashimi was. now i’m going for the sashimi and nabe! lucky!

my favorite has to be the molokai ama ebi. it tasted like lobster! then they fried the head for us and that was excellent too.

start off with a cold asahi beer. then eat some fresh sashimi, then have the best chanko nabe on the island. what more can us surfers ask for?

yesterdays pipeline was perfect! super big and challenging. i was stoked to see most of the locals advancing to to the next round. kelly slater and joel parkinson battle for the world title later today. don’t miss it! photo: ASP